Sir Stephen Cave | |
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 "Amends" The Rt Hon Stephen Cave MP as caricatured by Ape (Carlo Pellegrini) inVanity Fair, October 1874 | |
| Paymaster General | |
| In office 10 July 1866 – 1 December 1868 | |
| Monarch | Queen Victoria |
| Prime Minister | The Earl of Derby Benjamin Disraeli |
| Preceded by | William Monsell |
| Succeeded by | The Earl of Dufferin |
| In office 20 April 1874 – 21 April 1880 | |
| Monarch | Queen Victoria |
| Prime Minister | Benjamin Disraeli |
| Preceded by | William Patrick Adam |
| Succeeded by | Hon. David Plunket |
| Vice-President of the Board of Trade | |
| In office 10 July 1866 – 12 August 1867 | |
| Monarch | Queen Victoria |
| Prime Minister | The Earl of Derby |
| Preceded by | William Monsell |
| Succeeded by | Marcus Fysh (2020) |
| Judge Advocate General | |
| In office 7 March 1874 – 24 November 1875 | |
| Monarch | Queen Victoria |
| Prime Minister | Benjamin Disraeli |
| Preceded by | Acton Smee Ayrton |
| Succeeded by | George Cavendish-Bentinck |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 28 December 1820 (1820-12-28) |
| Died | 6 June 1880 (1880-06-07) (aged 59) |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse | Emma Smyth (d. 1905) |
| Alma mater | Balliol College, Oxford |
Sir Stephen CaveGCB PC JP DL FSA (28 December 1820 – 6 June 1880) was a British lawyer, writer andConservative politician. He notably served asPaymaster General between 1866 and 1868 and again between 1874 and 1880 and asJudge Advocate General between 1874 and 1875.
Born atClifton, Cave was the eldest son of Daniel Cave, of Cleve Hill, nearBristol (d. 9 March 1872), by his marriage on 15 April 1820 to Frances, only daughter of Henry Locock,MD, ofLondon. He was the grandson of Stephen Cave, the slave owner.[1] Cave's younger brother was the bankerSir Charles Cave, 1st Baronet. He was educated atHarrow andBalliol College, Oxford[2][3]
At Oxford, Cave was involved in a fatal accident in February 1840 atSandford Lock on the River Thames, a notoriously dangerous part of the river where many have drowned in boating and swimming accidents. He and another Balliol College student, John Richardson Currer (the brother ofCharles Savile Roundell) were boating upstream of the lock when their boat was swept onto theweir and swamped. Cave got to safety while Currier was pulled into the turbulent weir-pool known as Sandford Lasher and drowned,[4][5]
Cave graduatedBA in 1843 andMA in 1846.[2][3]
Beingcalled to the bar at theInner Temple on 20 November 1846, Cave started his career by going the western circuit.[2] On 29 April 1859 he entered parliament asConservativeMember of Parliament forNew Shoreham, and retained this seat until 24 March 1880.[2][3] He was sworn of thePrivy Council on 10 July 1866,[2][6] and served asVice-President of the Board of Trade under theEarl of Derby between 1866 and 1867, when the office was abolished, and asPaymaster General under Derby and thenBenjamin Disraeli from 1866 until the fall of the Conservative government in December 1868. In 1866 he was appointed chief commissioner for negotiating a fishery convention inParis.[2]
When the Conservatives returned to power under Disraeli in February 1874, Cave was appointedJudge Advocate General and Paymaster-General. He relinquished the former office in November 1875 but continued as Paymaster-General until 1880. In December 1875 he was sent on a special mission toEgypt byBenjamin Disraeli to report on the financial condition of that country together with John Stokes.[7][8] He returned in March 1876.[2] On 20 March 1880 he was appointed aKnight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB).[9]
Cave was also a Fellow of theSociety of Antiquaries, of theZoological Society, and of other learned societies, chairman of the West India Committee, a director of theBank of England and of the London Dock Company[2] and adeputy lieutenant andjustice of the peace forGloucestershire.
Cave married Emma Jane, eldest daughter of the Reverend William Smyth of Elkington Hall,Lincolnshire, on 7 September 1852. They had no children. He died atChambéry,Savoy, on 6 June 1880, aged 60.[2] Lady Cave died in November 1905.
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by | Member of Parliament forNew Shoreham 1859–1880 With:Sir Charles Burrell, Bt 1859–1862 Sir Percy Burrell, Bt 1862–1876 Sir Walter Burrell, Bt 1876–1880 | Succeeded by |
| Political offices | ||
| Preceded by | Paymaster General 1866–1868 | Succeeded by |
| Vice-President of the Board of Trade 1866–1867 | Office abolished | |
| Preceded by | Paymaster General 1874–1880 | Succeeded by |
| Legal offices | ||
| Preceded by | Judge Advocate General 1874–1875 | Succeeded by |
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